Born in Riverside, Illinois — about three hours from where Abraham Lincoln had lived with his family in Springfield — to ...

So-called "wheat pennies" get their name from the back of the coin having stalks of wheat encircling the "One Cent" text.

Before his untimely assassination at age 56 and prior to his career as a lawyer Abraham Lincoln excelled at wrestling. Born ...

"The United States Mint will continue to manufacture pennies while an inventory of penny blanks exists," the spokesperson ...

Did Abraham Lincoln have children? Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, shared four sons but only one lived into adulthood. The luckiest Lincoln child was Robert Todd, their first-born son ...

The artist chose to depict the iconic 16th President as he was as a young lawyer working in small towns around Illinois.

As the U.S. phases out production of pennies, you might be checking your couch cushions or your vacuum for coins that could ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

CHICAGO (WGN) – A trove of historic artifacts and memorabilia associated with President Abraham Lincoln were auctioned off for nearly $8 million on Wednesday. The items, which were intended to be part ...

Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 on a farm his parents had bought a few months earlier in rural Central Kentucky. The family ...

Yes, Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Kentucky on Feb. 12, 1809. His father built it himself. When the future president was 2, the family moved to another farm ...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in Hardin Countv, Kentucky, Feb. 12, 1809. He moved to Indiana in 1816; came to Illinois in March, 1830: to old Sangamon County in 1831, settling in New-Salem: and from ...